Cigar-cutter.



* A. 'BIPPART. GIGAR GUTTER. APPLIOAT'ION FILED APL?, 1913.

1,096,21 9, Patented May 12,1914

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UNXTED STATES PAEEET @FFQE ACHILL BIPPART, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

T0 all whom it muy concern Be it known that I, ACHILL BIrPAnT, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at 788 South Tenth street, Newark, county ot' Essex, and State ont New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful lniprovements in Cigar-Cutters, t'ully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The object ot the present invention is to furnish an improved construction for a cigar-cutter by which itI is rendered very compact and ot' ornamental form, and made of two plates pivoted one upon the other and the body-plate provided with a finger-hole through which the finger can be wholly inserted in holding and operating the cutter. The cutting-plate which is pivoted to the body ot the cutter is cut away upon one side to clear the finger when inserted in the tinger-hole, and its end is formed as a ngerlever and extended beyond the edge ot the body-plate, so as to be readily caught by the finger-nail and thrown outward to insert the cigar-tip in the cutter.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l shows the rear side of the cutter with the cutting-plate opened; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the cigar-cutter taken upon the right hand side ot' Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a front view of the cigar-cutter; and Fig. 4 is a section on line 1 /l in Fig. 3 with the cut-tingplate closed, on double the scale of Fig. 3.

o designates the body of the cigar-cutter formed of a fiat plate ot' oval shape with eyelet Z) at one end to serve as a hinged joint, and iinger-h'ole c through the opposite end. The cutting-hole Z having beveled edges is formed in the plate next the eyelet Z), and between such cutting-hole and the linger-hole a slot e is formed concentric with the eyelet ZJ. The plate f is of semi-oval form like the upper half otl the body with a beveled cutting-notch c' which coincides with one edge ot' the` cutting-hole Zi when the cutting-plate is opened, as shown in Fig. l, and a stop pin j is extended from the cutting-plate near the lower edge of the notch c' through the slot e, and has a head resting upon the opposite side of the body a., which holds the' cutting-plate in close contact with the body a during the cutting operation, as the pin is close to the notch. The inner side ofthe cutting-plate is cut away below the notch z',

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 7, 1913.

Patented May '12, 1914.

serial No. 759,298.

little outside the edge of the body-plate t to be readily caught by the finger-nail for opening the cutter. The cutting-plate thus conforms in its upper half to the oval shape of the body-plate (t, while its lower half forms a finger-lever extending, when closed along one side of the finger-hole. A small sloping projection 7c extends outward from the body near one end ot the slot e, and a corresponding socket or recess Z is Jformed in the adjacent tace of the cutting-plate, which springs over the sloping projection when the cutting-plate is closed, as in Fig. 3. This prevents the cutter from accidentally opening, whether carried as a charm or in the pocket. The oval forni of the body a furnishes exactly the room required to locate the cutting-hole and linger-hole in opposite ends of the body, with the curved slot be tween the same, which is longer than the width of the holes and thus requires the extra width at the middle ot the body.

The connection of the two parts of the cutter by an eyelet furnishes a durable hinge, and at the same time an aperture through the hinge in which a ring or snaphool can be engaged to suspend the cutter as a charm, and the sloping projection and corresponding recess formed upon the opposite parts serves to hold the cutter closed when not in use.

lt is common to form a cigar-cutter ot' two parts sliding upon one another and their movement controlled by a pin in a slot, and I do not therefore claim such features broadly, but

That l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A cigar-cutter formed with an oblong body having hinge-pivot in one end and a finger-hole extended through the opposite end, a cutting-hole next the pivot and a curved slot transverse to the body between the cutting-hole and the finger-hole, and a cutting-plate jointed to the hinge-pivot and having a notch to cooperate with the cutting-hole, and a stop-pin extended through the slot, and a nger-lever extended from one edge of the cutting-plate, when closed7 llO alongthe side of the fngenhok, for opening the cutter when required.

2. A cigar-cutter formed with an oval body having eyelet n one end and ngerhole at the opposite end, a Cutting-hole next the eyelet and a Curved slot transverse to the body between the cutting-hole and nger-hole, and a` notched cutting-plate hinged upon the said eyelet and having semi-oval form with a finger-lever extended when closed by the side of the finger-hole and its end projected beyond the margin of the body to be caught with the finger-nail, and a pin extended from the finger-plate through the slot with head upon the face of the body, the whole arranged and operated substantally as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ACHILL BPPART. VtneSses z L. LEE, THOMAS S. CRANE.

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